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词条 Ruut Veenhoven
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Awards

  3. Research on happiness

  4. References

  5. External links

Ruut Veenhoven (born 1942) is a Dutch sociologist and a pioneer and world authority on the scientific study of happiness,[1][2][3] in the sense of subjective enjoyment of life. His work on the social conditions for human happiness at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, has contributed to a renewed interest in happiness as an aim for public policy. He has shown that happiness can be used a reliable measure to assess progress in societies[4] which was one of the sources of inspiration for the United Nations to adopt happiness measures as a holistic approach to development.[5]

Veenhoven is the founding director of the World Database of Happiness and a founding editor of the Journal of Happiness Studies.[6] He has been described as "the godfather of happiness studies",[7] and "a leading authority on worldwide levels of happiness from country to country",[8] whose work "earned him international acclaim".[9]

Biography

Veenhoven was born in The Hague in the Netherlands in 1942. He graduated in 1962 from the Nederlands Lyceum in The Hague and received a master's degree in sociology (specializing in public management) from Erasmus University in Rotterdam (1969). Subsequently, he completed a PhD in the Social Sciences also at Erasmus, with a dissertation on "The Condition of Happiness". He was also registered as a social-sexologist (1994–2000).[10]

Between 1970 and 1990 Veenhoven was a leading advocate of abortion law reform and in promoting acceptance of voluntary childlessness in The Netherlands.[11]

From 2001 until his retirement in 2007 he taught in Rotterdam as professor of 'Social conditions for human happiness', where he currently works in the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (Ehero). Since 1985 he has been director of the World Database of Happiness at Erasmus University Rotterdam.[12]

From 1995 until 2002 he was extraordinary professor of Humanism at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands (Piet Thoenes chair).[13]

In 1984 Veenhoven earned his doctorate on the dissertation ‘Conditions of Happiness’ that synthesized the results of 245 empirical studies on happiness. On that basis he developed the World Database of Happiness, which now covers 20,000 research findings taken from 3500 empirical investigations.[14] Veenhoven is mentioned in the top 5% of authors in his field (December 2012).[15]

Awards

The International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) has awarded Veenhoven several times:

  • 1997: Research Fellow Award
  • 2000: Best Annual SIR Paper Award
  • 2001: Distinguished QOL Researcher Award
  • 2009: Best Annual JOHS Paper Award.[16]

Research on happiness

His main research subject is happiness in the sense of subjective enjoyment of life. Worldwide he is seen as a pioneer in that field.[17][18][19]

  • Main findings are:
    • Happiness is universal. All humans tend to assess how much they like the life they live and conditions for happiness are quite similar. Yet there is some cultural variation in beliefs about happiness. Happiness draws on gratification of universal needs, rather than on meeting culturally relative wants.[20]
    • Need gratification depends both on the livability of society and the life-ability of individuals.[21]
    • Greater happiness of a greater number is possible in contemporary societies and can be ‘engineered’, among other things in the following ways:[22]
    • Fostering freedom, so that people can choose the way of life that fits them best.[23][24]
    • Informing people about effects of major choices on the happiness of people like them. This requires large scale long-term follow-up studies comparable to research in nutrition.[25][26]
    • Investing in mental health, professionalization of life-coaching.[27][28]
    • Happiness signals that we are functioning well and for that reason happiness goes hand-in-hand with good health, both mental and physical. Happy people live longer.[29]
    • Being happy combines well with doing good. Happier people do better in relationships, do more voluntary work and are more interested in other people and their problems.[20]

References

1. ^{{cite journal|last=Rojas|first=Mariano|title=Inspiring Economics|journal=Journal of Happiness Studies|date=2007-06-01|volume=8|issue=2|pages=293–98|doi=10.1007/s10902-007-9048-3}}
2. ^{{cite journal|last=Chekola|first=Mark|title=An Entertaining Travelogue|journal=Journal of Happiness Studies|date=2009-10-01|volume=10|issue=5|pages=631–33|doi=10.1007/s10902-009-9136-7}}
3. ^{{cite web|last=Frisch|first=Michael|title=Proofessor|url=https://bearspace.baylor.edu/Michael_B_Frisch/www/oral-histories.html|work=The meaningful life project|publisher=Frisch, Michael B. (2008). The Oral History and Education Project of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies and the Gallup Institute for Global Well Being: A Way to Honor Distinguished Researchers and to Preserve their Legacies. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2 (4), 223–38.|accessdate=2013-05-22}}
4. ^{{cite web|last=OECD|first=2nd world forum|title=Measuring and fostering the progress of societies|url=http://www.oecd.org/site/worldforum06/ishappinessmeasurableandwhatdothosemeasuresmeanforpolicy.htm|work=Measures of Gross National Happiness|publisher=oecd|accessdate=2013-05-22}}
5. ^{{cite web|first=Ki-moon|last=Ban|title=Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development|url=https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/67/697|work=Sixty-seventh session Agenda item 14|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=22 May 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=Anonymous|first=Anonymous|title=University of Alberta|url=https://www.ualberta.ca/~cjscopy/events/happiness.html|work=call for papers|publisher=University of Alberta|accessdate=16 April 2013}}
7. ^Weiner, Eric, The geography of bliss: one grump's search for the happiest places in the world, pp. 20–33, p. 20 quoted, 2008, Random House, {{ISBN|0552775088}}, {{ISBN|978-0552775083}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=xPxlKVRp-hUC&pg=PA20&dq google books]
8. ^'Zuckerman, Phil, 'Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment, p. 7, 2008, NYU Press, {{ISBN|081479727X}}, ISBB 978-0814797273, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mwmJ4FwuF2YC&pg=PA7&dq google books]
9. ^Robert Biswas-Diener, Ben Dean, Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients, (e-book, no page numbers, section "A Scientific History of Happiness", 2010, John Wiley & Sons, {{ISBN|0470893087}}, {{ISBN|978-0470893081}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=iucDlXqZhEsC&pg=PT47&dq=Ruut+Veenhoven&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JcOkUY6EBcqH0AXRoIGoDQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAzgo google books]
10. ^{{cite book|last=Deflem|first=Mathieu|title=Sociologists in a global Age: Biographical Perspectives|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate|location=Farnham|isbn=978-0754670377|pages=175–186|url=http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub2000s/2007c-full.pdf}}
11. ^{{cite web|last=Ruigrok|first=Paul|title=Abortus|url=http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/andere-tijden/afleveringen/2006-2007/Abortus.html|work=Andere tijden|publisher=VPRO Geschiedenis 24|accessdate=23 May 2013}}
12. ^{{cite book|last=Den Boer|first=Bert|title=Leef je Verlangen, Zestien Interviews|year=2006|publisher=ASPEKt|location=Soesterberg|isbn=978-90-5911-314-5|page=32|url=http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/interviews/LeefJeVerlangen_2006.pdf}}
13. ^{{cite web|last=Volkskrant|first=Dutch Newspaper|title=Persoonlijk|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/401909/1995/11/29/PERSOONLIJK.dhtml|accessdate=2012-12-12}}
14. ^{{cite web|last=Veenhoven|first=Ruut|title=World Database of Happiness: Example of a focused 'Findings Archive|url=http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/41926/|work=German Data Forum RatSWD|publisher=German Data Forum RatSWD|accessdate=16 April 2013|date=February 2011}}
15. ^{{cite web|last=Ideas|first=RePEc|title=Research Papers in Economics|url=http://ideas.repec.org/e/pve145.html|accessdate=2012-12-12}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=isqols, International Society for Quality of Life Studies|url=http://www.isqols.org|work=Awards|accessdate=2012-12-09}}
17. ^{{cite book|last=Van Praag|first=Bernard|title=Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=p. vi|isbn=978-0199226146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4X7ZHHFWs8C&pg=PR6&dq=veenhoven+pioneer+happiness+studies#v=onepage&q=veenhoven%20pioneer%20happiness%20studies&f=false}}
18. ^{{cite book|last=Biswas-Diener|first=Robert|title=Positive Psychology Coaching|year=2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=p. 35|isbn=978-0470893081|pages= 272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJmYN9ZYSgsC&pg=PA35&dq=Biswas-Diener+Veenhoven+pioneer+happiness+studies#v=onepage&q=Biswas-Diener%20Veenhoven%20pioneer%20happiness%20studies&f=false}}
19. ^{{cite book|last=Oishi|first=Shigehiro|title=The Psychological Wealth of Nations: Do Happy People Make a Happy Society|year=2012|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=p 105|isbn=978-1405192101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BODOOtkbcdYC&pg=PA105&dq=shigehiro+Oishi+Veenhoven+pioneer+happiness#v=onepage&q=shigehiro%20Oishi%20Veenhoven%20pioneer%20happiness&f=false}}
20. ^1 {{cite journal|last=Veenhoven|first=Ruut|title=Is happiness relative|journal=Social Indicators Research|date=February 1991|volume=24|issue=1|pages=1–34|url=http://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/soinre/v24y1991i1p1-34.html|accessdate=16 April 2013|doi=10.1007/bf00292648}}
21. ^{{cite journal|last=Veenhoven|first=Ruut|title=The four qualities of life: Ordering concepts and measures of the good life|journal=Journal of Happiness Studies|date=March 2001|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1–39|doi=10.1023/A:1010072010360|url=http://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/jhappi/v1y2000i1p1-39.html|accessdate=16 April 2011}}
22. ^{{cite book|last=Sheldon|first=Kennon M.|title=Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward'|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-537358-5|pages=396–409|url=http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/Clinical/?view=usa&ci=9780195373585}}
23. ^{{cite book|last=Berg|first=Maarten|title=Geluk in Landen|year=2010|publisher=Erasmus University|location=Rotterdam|url=http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/21068/}}
24. ^{{cite book|last=Ott|first=Jan|title=An Eye on Happiness; Happiness as an additional goal for citizins and governments|year=2012|publisher=Beta communications|location=Den Haag|isbn=978-90-5335-589-3|url=http://www.isqols.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Proefschrift_Jan_Ott-Complete-lock.pdf}}
25. ^{{cite news|last=Bergsma|first=Ad|title=Smeed je eigen geluk|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/908003/2008/04/19/Smeed-je-eigen-geluk.dhtml|accessdate=16 April 2013|newspaper=Volkskrant|date=18 April 2008}}
26. ^{{cite book|last=Bergsma|first=Ad|title=Wat bezielt de psycholoog|year=2001|publisher=Nieuwezijds|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-90-5712-110-4|pages=230–236}}
27. ^{{cite journal|vauthors = Bergsma A, Veenhoven R|title=The happiness of people with a mental disorder in modern society|journal=Psychology of Well-Being; Theory, Research & Practice|year=2011|volume=1|issue=2|url=http://www.psywb.com/content/1/1/2|accessdate=16 April 2013}}
28. ^{{cite journal|vauthors = Bergsma A, Ten Have M,Veenhoven R, De Graaf R|title=Happy life expectancy associated with various mental disorders|journal=Netherlands Journal of Psychology|year=2011|volume=66|issue=1|pages=33–36|url=http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub2010s/2011t-full.pdf|accessdate=16 April 2013}}
29. ^{{cite journal|last=Veenhoven|first=Ruut|title=Life is Getting Better: Societal Evolution and Fit with Human Nature|journal=Social Indicators Research|date=May 2010|volume=97|issue=1|url=http://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/soinre/v97y2010i1p105-122.html|accessdate=16 April 2013|doi=10.1007/s11205-009-9556-0|pmid=20390030|pmc=2848343|pages=105–122}}

External links

  • Personal page at Erasmus University
  • Publications
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